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BY  ABRAHAM  PRYOR,  Surgeon. 
Author  of  Serious  Poems,  treatise  on  Dysentery,  &c. 


EpoiesG  te  ex  cnos  aimatos  pan  ethnos  antliropon  katoibein 
rpi  pan  to  prosopon  te«  gcs,  orisas  prostctagmenous  kairout  ki 
tas  orothesias  tes  katotkias  auton.  -ticU  xvii.  26. 


PROFIDE.XCEi 


TRLVTED    BY    MILLER    AND   fl'bTCITENS, 

No.  1,  Market- Square,  (UfWitaiis.) 


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To  Xic\io\as  liOOclieTman,  Esq. 

This  second  edition  of  British  America,  is,  wllh. 
sincere  attachment,  dedicated  by  his  friend, 

THE  AUTHOR. 


Dedicatory  Letter  to  J^icholas  Loockennan,  Esq, 

My  Dear  Sir, 

I  give  you  the  last  proof  which  I 
may  ever  have  in  my  power  of  my  sincere  attacli- 
ment  to  you  and  your  ever  honoured  relations.  I' 
had  no  intention  of  making  a  second  impression 
of  this  work,  but  a  number  of  circumstances  have 
combined  to  make  me  offer  this  last  edition  to  the 
public.  ABRAHAM  PRYOU. 

Prqrid^ncc,  Juna  1,  1819. 


THE  Island  of  Prince  Edward  lies  in  the  gulf  of  Stv. 
Lawrence,  aikl  has  a  Legislature  consisting  of  a  Gov- 
ornor,    Council     and  House  of  Reprrsenlatives.     The 
name  of  tlie  first  Governor  of  this  island  was  Patterson, 
the  name  of  the  second  was  Fanning,  >vho  rose  from  the 
"rank  of  a  corporal  to  be  a  Mrljor-Gencral ;  the  third  was 
Joseph  Frekerick   Wallet   Dcsbarrcs,   who  Ijad  been  an 
officer  with  Amherst,  at  the   taking  of  Louisbourg,  and 
fought  with  Wolfe  on  the  Plains  of  Abraham  ^  the  lourth 
and   present    Governor  is  the     brother  of  Sir  S^'dnev 
Smith.     The  House  of  Assembly  have  frequently  chang- 
ed the  name  of  l.'.'is  Island.     They  once  called  it  New.. 
Ireland,  Irom  its- resemblance  to  that  country  in  fertility 
and  beauty.     Th«y  ijext  called    it  St.  John,  by  which 
r>ame   it    is  better  known  than  any  othtir,     And  lastly 
they  called  it  Prince  Edward,  alter  the  Duke  of  Kent, 
which    name  it  yet  retains.     I'he    island  is  about  150 
miles  long  and  40  broad.     It  is  extremely  fertile,  with- 
out one  barren  spo^  upon  it.     There  is  but  one  town  on 
the    island,    which    is   Charloltetown,    named   after  tho- 
Queen  of  England,  and  is  70  leagues  from  Halifax.     It 
is  situate  on  Hillsborough  river,   and  is  a  very  beautiful 
town.     It  contains  about  300  houses,  and  has  one  Epis- 
copal   Church,  a  Roman  Calholiek  Chapel,  a  SecedeV 
Meeting- House,  a  Methodist  Church,  a  Comt-liouse,  a 
Jail,  an  Academy  and  a  Theatre.     There  id  but  one  of 
the  society  of  Friends  on  the  Island,  and  his  name  i^ 
Cambridge.     He    is   perhaps     the    greatest  landholder 
there,    if  we  except  the  Earl  of  Sdkirk.     This  island 
raises   considerable  quantities    of  wheat,    rye,   barley, 
oats,  buck  wheat,  and   potatoes;  and  being  surrounUeci 
by  the  salt  water,  Is  not  ruined  by  the"  early   frost,  as  is 
too  frequently  the  case  In  Nova-Scotia  ;  yet  the  winters 
are    so  rigorous  that  the  Governor  sends  once  a  year  an . 
express  on  the  ice  across  the  gulf  to  Halifax.     Thp  riv- 
ets of  Ps'ince  Edwaiv.l  abound,  v^itlv  fisln  aiui '  (ha  ilne-*- 
eels   in.  the    world.     Its-  waters^  contain- an.  incrtsliblo; 
quantity  of  oysters  jjvitb.  ojt^riadsQiwtkl  .^eese,.  iicjjeo 


arc  partridges  as  l.rgc  anJ  as  tame  as  domest  .ck  po  It  y 
with  bears  and  ferocious  animal,  called  Imhan  DevtU, 
on  account  of  the  Indians  being  so  much  afru.d  c,f  them 
oilers   seals,  &:c.     They  have  no  doves  on  the  .sland^ 
b"ran  abundance  of  pigeon.     To  the  lovers  of  «at. ju. 
H.STUKY  i  will  raentidu  oue  curious  little  bird  uhiU   is 
"  "ersally  believed,  by    the  islanders,    to  1---^^^  . 
nower  of  chani'ing  its  feathers  m  a  momen  ,  from  browa 
fo  white      They  call  it  the  snowbird,  and  .t  resembles 
Lsvark\f  the  United  States;  but  w. lb. this  differ- 
e^ce,  th  tthe   moment    the  sno>v  falls,  X""   -  :;|;f^;'' 
.ee  its  brown  feathex.,  but  it  is  arrayed  -  F  ^^  J,  '^^^^l 
and  vice  versa  when  the  snow  is  gone.     But  ^^j'^'  ^nca 
r"on  now  a  mo»t  tearful  circumstance  belonging   to  this 
land    which  British  subjects  have  concea  ed.  -  Abou 
o,  ce  in^eve"  the  island  is  visited  with  swarms  oi 

Xe  which   l^ke  the  locusts  of  Egypt,  leave  neither  ear- 
ng  nor  harvest.     The- inhabitants  as  -"/^Vn^ers  ^h an 
..t,..m  on  fne  ishiid,"  are  more  subject  to  cancers  tnan 
aToTheTfe";;:   n.'.bo  worM.  for  which  var,o.«  ...a 
uJali.factiry'lheork,  have  b.c„  "ff^'f^/J^^^  „',t 
also  passed  to  prohibtt  any  sbip-raasler  frorn  t""'*;)  "=. 
my  pe-son  from  the  island  under  the  penally  oS\«oi. 
■«Hhout  a   special  permit  from  the  Governor,  tvhich  m- 
polSlaw.  in^eadof  bei,"  favourable  to  the  fopu  a- 
Ton  of  the  island  has  deterred  hundreds  Irom  vis.l.ns  .t. 
rlt,n  a  combination  of  circuntstances    ..  .s  ev 

"Ti^.of::':;rdfmi="dif.e,^irrde'rppe!n„ca 

Cwhlb   ".ucraTrrmed  tbe 'uianders.  because  tUey 
-l^Scdt:TfB^S:yPoin.a„d..tberewe.o. 
ly,.vo  other  medical  practilioneis  ^"'"^^  ™>  ''^^^ 
'province  ;  the  demand  '-."'X  «';^\-',  ^^^K "c"? 

r,      1  dtscovercd  the  disease  to  be  a  pleunsy  of  a 
on  we.     1  ciscoveii-u     c     ^    ^^  ^  :.,r«r«;,M.s  nlthouah  I 


Mitior, Typhus  Gravior.  &c.  both  before  and  since.  And 
surely  the  soldier  and  physician  have  abuu(i.'int  reason 
for  gratitude  and  praiseto  that  Divine  Protector  who  covers 
the  one  and  the  other  in  the  day  of  battle  and  pestilence. 
But  to  return  to  our  Island  epidemic.  'I'he  patient  com- 
plained of  a  violent  pain  in  the  side,  ardent  fever 
and  exti-emc  thirst.  On  being  sent  for,  I  immediately 
opened  a  vein  and  repeated  il— I  gave  (lax  seed  tea  or 
barley "vatcr  for  his  drink,  with  coolini^  dosee  of  nitre, 
and  applied  a  vesicaton/  over  the  Dart  affected  with  pain 
and  poultices  to  the  soies  of  the  feet.  Of  those  who  died 
of  this  disease  on  the  Island,  Mr.  Angus  M'Donald,  was- 
the  first ;  but  in  general  the  disease  observed  a  regular 
and  favourable  crisis  abott  the  ninth  day.  I  will  now 
clear  up  one  «reat  mistake  which  the  generality  of  my 
countrymen  fall  into.  They  generally  confound  three 
places  by  the  name  of  St.  John.  This  was  the  old  name 
of  the  jnsular  province  we  have  been  discoursing  about. 
The  largest  city  of  New-Brunswick  is  also  called  St. 
John  and  so  is  the  metropolis  of  Newfoundland  ;  and  it 
was  this  last  place  which  was  consumed  by  fire  and  its 
inhabitants  were  aftewards  saved  from  famine  by  the  peo- 
pie  ot  Boston  and  citizens  of  New- York. 

We  now  pass-to  the  island  of  Cape  Breton.     Thi<  is 
only  about  20  leagues  from  Prince  Edward  and  is  about 
two  thirds  as  large.     It  was  a  continual  bone  of  conten- 
tion  between  the  English  and  Frcncb-  until  Louisbour^ 
the  okl  meTropolis,  was  finally  taken  by  Amherst,   Wo!f 
and,  Boscawen,  and  according  to  treaty,  the  town  and 
lortificatjons  were  dismantled  and  the  latter    blown  up. 
When   I  visited  Louisbourg,  I  found  some  i  j  ains  still 
worth   the -traveller's  attention.     The  walls  are  almost 
entire  ana  suiHciently   broad  for  a  coach  to  drive  on  the 
top-     About  a  dozen  fisherman's  huts  stand  within  their 
precincts.     The  bomb  proofs  yet   remain  impensbable, 
and  are  like  to  continue  for  ages  as  durable  proofs  of  the 
ingenuity  of  French  artists  and  engineers.     A  part  of  the 
light  house  is  also  left,  and   1  found  sergeant  Mugridge 
ahve  who  had  been  with  the  assailants  and  still   reside* 
in  the  town,  in  the  90th,  year  of  hi*  age  ;  and  Mr.  Pierce 
Kennedy;  a  sensible,   well   informed  man,  who  settled 
tnere  ten  vears  aftpr  thp.  a!o«a      tk;^  - ii 

panied  me  over  the  g  ound  and  gave  me  abundance  of 
accmte  itifortuation.     Dx.  liobertsofl  lias  giveo  a  verjp: 


^vas  .bout  a  v  ilc  and  a  »»»'f '" '•^\»,^  ,ti,ui  ,n.i  wacl.ke. 
and  the  wbc.le  town  «''7^^^'^y,,S,,  from  old  Franco 
The  3»rri8on  cons..ted  ol  70J)  ^egu^  ^^^^^^^^.^  ^^j  ,^^ 
and  were  commanded  by   u  e  ^^^^.^  ^.^ij  ,„   .^ 

French  call  it,  S^^'^^^'^^^^.Tsh  llwer  where   it   is  two 

ruption.     It  is  built  on  f  P^"  f^  A;';^p3,  church  built  of 

J.,  wide.     The  town  l^^^^^^^P^^^^,  ,,d  Jail,  a  mnr- 

stone,  a  Roman  cb^^P^K  «<;';" "-^  ^^  ^^e  MiUtary.    .'  .he 
ket  house  and  extent  ebarrckBt  ^^  ^^^^^^ 

Governor   of  ^^^^  J^'^"^  ^*      !,,  ^  native  of  Cornwall,. 

there,  was  ^^^J^^^fr^tn  ^xtX^^^^^^  ^"^^  ^'""''^ 

in  England,  o  gentleman  "  ^^^^^  ^      i,,i  i„  i.is  general 

to  those  who  sought  »^'f  P'^^'tX.cl^riti.hGovernr^ 
conduct  very  arbi.r.ry.  WUc  "  "J*  ^t  tb«^^  ^y.ic  and  sur- 
From  him  I  obtained  license  opract.c^^^^  invitation. 

gery,  and  before  I  |ff»  ^»'«/t   joSe  w.th  the  General 
?.hich  the  chaplain  brough   "  ^'  »^  ';;  ^^d  ;  nor  am  I  any 
and  officers  of  his  staft,  7^^:;^^.3"^,'b,n  Dr.  Franklin,who 
more  to  blame  for  mcntiomn-''  ^^  Governor. 

..cords   a  similar   .nv.tat^.oniro^.^  a^^^^.^^^  ^^^^^  ,,0 
Sydney  is  a  handsome    to^^n  an 

bouses.  ,      ,      „  on  4hp  Island  called  Main  a  Dicu, 

There  is  «n°f  Vprf^herrnen^rhuts  and  a  store  ow.^ed 

consisting  of  about  ^0  f^^herrnen  ,^,j^^  ,, 

by  Mr.   Bowen,  a  jf:^!,,,,t  round  the  harbour  and^has 
built  in  the  form  of  a  c  csccni  r  ^^^^^  ^^^  ,^^  ^^,. 

.^either  ox  nor  lu>r«e  ^^^Jongmg  m    ,    ,^.^^^  ^^ench  are  nu^ 

erns  on  the  island  of  ^^P«  ';':^  ^aw,  St.  Peters,  kc  and 
onerous  on  this  island  at  Nana  ha    >     ^^^^^^^.^^^  ,^^^  ^^^j 

the  Scotch  dwell  onth^  horde  ^  ^^j  j^^      The  mwn 

., upply  the  town  of  Sydney  w.tbv^^^^^  ^.^^^   j.,^ 
of  Sydney  is  said  <«  be^ust  ^.^^^^^^  ^^^^^    j  ^^.^ 

Some  years  ago  «,^"*^;' ^f "  v  Jrnment  of  this  Island,  a«  M 
a  warm  contest  about  ^he ^^^^^^P,  Governor.  However 
was  doubtfuV  which  was  .^he  !awi«'  ^^  ^,^,tained 

TArmv  taking  part  wUh  G'^n^^':^^,'^^-^!',,.  Mr.  Causet. 
the  "victory ^     It  ««;»^7^^^"^^,;T>orpar't  with  (General 
.    .  a- w.rthy  Episcopal  cierg^m^^^^^^^^  Desga,U  com^ 


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lulled  him  to  leave  the  Island.  He  retired  to  Yarmouth 
in  Nova-Scotia,  where  he  lived  beloved  and  died  lamen- 
od,  both  by  his  pres'Jnt  and  former  parishioners.  He 
had  been  the  most  popular  man  on  the  Island  of  Cape 
Breton,  had  been  a  father  to  his  flock,  and  brought  up  aa 
unblemished  and  irreproachable  family,     -w  i- 

The  winters  on  this  Island  are  long  and  severe.  I  have 
seen  the  harbour  at  Sydney  full  of  jammed  ice  blown  in 
from  the  gulf  about  the  tenth  day  of  May,  so  as  to  ad- 
mit of  crossing  on  it.  But  the  land  is  good  and  abounds 
with  game,  and  moose  deer  are  to  be  found  in  plenty,  the 
largest  deer  in  the  world.  There  is  likewise  a  prodigious 
nutnber  of  wild  animals  and  fish  and  fowl.  The  only 
legislature  on  this  Island,  (if  it  may  be  called  a  legisla- 
ture) consists  of  a  Governor  and  Council ;  and  a  certain 
celebrated  writer  of  plays  and  romances  is,  if  living, 
Chief  Justice  of  the  Island.  He  acknowledged  to  me 
that  ho  wrote  the  Novel  called  "  The  curse  of  tenti- 
ment.*'    This  author's  name  is  Dodd. 

I  now  pass  over  to  Nova-Scotia.  Halifax  is  the  me- 
tropolis of  this  province  and  contains  generj^lly  ^bout 
10,000  inhabitants,  including  the  military.  It  ha«,  two 
Episcopal  churches,  a  Roman  chapel,  a  Methodist  church, 
a  Presbyterian  church,  a  Secede  meeting  house,  a  Bap- 
tist  ditto,  and  oue  person  of  th  respectable  society  of 
Friends.  His  name  is  Crawford.  It  has  also  an  alms- 
house, a  navy  hospital,  a  government  house  bulU|of  stone, 
where  his  Excellency  resides,  and  a  famous  navy  yard, 
enclosed  with  a  high  wall.  It  has  also  an  academy,  a 
court  house  and  jail,  and  market  house. 

Shelburn  h  the  next  town  in  size,  but  is  rapidly  on  the 

decline.  Annapolis  i^  a  small  nominal  city  without  mayor 

or  charter.     It  has  one  Episcopal   church,   a   Methodist 

chapel  and  .a  Baptist  meeting  house.     It  possesses  a  fine 

capacious  harbour  and  strong  works  and  fort  fications, with 

a  foreign  engineer,  but  is  incapable  of  any  great  defence, 

beuii;  surrounded  by  heights  which  are  unfortified.     The' 

access  to  this  town  is   through  a  narrow  gut  commencing 

at  Digby,  which  is«  town  about  the  same  size  as  Annap". 

olis.     Aa  Epijcopal  chuich  and  Court  house  are  the  onlv 

i»ublic  buildings,  and  Disrby  is  open  to  an  invading  ene'- 

my,  having  no  fortifications      It  is  16  miles  from  Annap- 

oils  and  150  from   Halifax.     Windsor  is  46  miles  from 

Halifax  aod  is  a  small  handsome  town:  and  uere  is  a 


m 


Cjllege,  called  King'^s  College,  which  makes  a  handsome 
appearance.  The  only  degrees  conferred  in  it  are  those 
of  Bachelor  and  Master  of  arts  ;  for  the  number  of  stu- 
dents is  so  small  that  I  have  known  one  single  person 
only  to  graduate  at  a  commenceiaent.  So  that  tlie  leg- 
islature, a  (ew  years  ago,  found  it  necessary  to  erect 
grammar  schools  throughout  the  Province,  from  whence 
the  college  might  be  continually  recruited.  The  neigh- 
bourhood of  Windsor  c'^ntains  vast  quarries  of  plaster 
of  Paris,  from  whence  it  is  wafted  to  the  United  States. 

Truro  ia  a  small  and  growing  town,  56  mile  from  Hal- 
ifax.  Pictou  is  a /iourishing  settlement  somewhat  more 
Ihaii  a  hundred  miles  from  Halifax.  Here  are  about  3000 
families  of  industrious  Scotch,  and  all  of  the  Seceder  re- 
ligion. This  is  the  grandest  nursery  ofPresbyterianism 
in  British  America.  It  may  be  called  a  collegiate  set- 
tlement for  they  have  three  ministers,  three  academies 
and  three  settlements — East  river,  Middle  river  and  West 
river,  and  these  three  congregations  are  like  one  great 
family.  Here  young  people  are  educated  and  ordained 
for  the  ministry,  and  here  the  lands  are  better  cultivated 
and  yield  more  than  in  any  other  part  of  the  Province. 
Such  sins  as  sabbath  breaking  and  slander  do  not  find 
encouragement  here,  for  their  ministers  tell  them  from  the 
pulpit  ^^  Brethren  speak  not  exul  one  of  another  J*  ^  Here 
every  family  offers  up  morning  and  evening  adoration  to 
God,  and  devotes  the  whole  sabbath  to  religious  duties, 
and  they  assemble  in  small  societies  for  prayer  several 
times  in  the  week.  Pictou  is  on  the  gulf  ofSt.Law-- 
reuce. 

Fort  Cumberland  is  in  Cumberland  County  and  is  de- 
signed to  frustrate  an  invasion  both  from  the  gulf  of 
St.  Lawrence  and  the  Bay  of  Fundy.  Of  all  the  re- 
ligious societies  in  Nova-Scotia,  those  people  called  New 
Lights  seem  to  have  spread  the  most.  They  seem  to 
have  originated  wilh  a  Mr.  Henry  Allen,  who  appears  to 
have  been  a  good  man  and  may  be  said  to  have  died 
a  martyr  to  his  zeal ;  for  he  exhausted  himself  by  his 
religions  exertions.  But  the  New  Lij^jts  have  departed 
from  the  doctrines  of  Mr.  Allen,  and  profess  the  same 
principles  with  the  Baptists  of  the  United  States.  There 
are  about  1600  families  of  the  Methodist  society  in  Nova-?- 
Scotia,  several  thousand  Roman  CathoIic3,  about  twenty 
%milies  of  the  society  of  Friends,  and  about  twenty  mii^ 


11 

irer6  of  the  estabHshfd  church.  The  legislature  consists 
ol  a  Cjovernor  and  Council  and  House  of  Kepresentativcs 
who  are  elected  by  freeholders  for  the  term  of  seven  year.« 
Kut  the  Governor  can  dissolve  the  house  whenever  he 
thinks  proper,  and  order  a  new  election,  and  he  frequent- 
ly  makes  use  of  this  prerogative  when  they  do  not  vote 
as  he  wish-s.  The  wild  animals  of  Nova-Scotia  are 
nioose-deer,  carribooes,  beavers,  otters,  sables,  squir- 
rils,  rabbits,  wo»!chucks,  racoons,  weasels,  minks,  musk- 
rats,  wolves,  loxes  and  bears,  the  last  of  which  are  so 
numerous  as  to  render  it  sometimes  dangerous  travelling. 
Ot  wild  fo;?l  there  are  geese,  brant,  ducks,  pigeons, 
partridges,  pfovers,  and  a  great  variety  of  hawk*  and 
owJs  ;  also  snipes,  woodcocks,  cranes  and  biUerns 

i  here  are  two  kinds  of  partridges,  one  about  *the  size 
ol  tlie  domestic  poultry,  and  the  other  is  the  spruce  nart- 
ridge  about  the  size  of  a  pigeon.  The  partridges  of 
both  kinds  are  the  most  tame,  innocent  and  unsuspectine 
l>rrd3  I  ever  knew.  They  will  suffer  you  to  form  a  noosi 
with  your  bat  band,  and  when  you  have  put  it  on  the 
end  of  a  stick  to  inveigle  their  heads  and  in  this  manner 
to  U^e  a  whole  covey  of  them,  which  is  freqoentli^ 
practised  by  the  natives.  This  is  so  well  known  to  the 
inhabitants  of  that  country  that  1  have  -thousands  of  Irv. 
ing  evidences  to  the  fac?. 

The  land  of  Nova-Scotia  is  not  so  bad  as  the  cKmate. 
ihe  frost  bsgms  early  and  the  snow  lasts  till  the  besih* 
nmg  of  May.  There  are  vast  and  stupendous  forests  of 
limber  in  this  Province,  and  they  call  their  woods  bv 
two  names,  iiard  wood  and  soft.  In  the  first  class  thev 
place  sugar  maple,  beach,  birch,  ^-c.  In  the  last  (heV 
put  spruce,  cedar,  fir,  hemlock.  &c  Tn  the  waters  ther 
have  salmon,  mackarel,  halibut,  cod,  bass,  herrings,  eaB^. 
peroes,  trout,  flounders,  silverperch,suckers,  eels,  lobsters 
and  clams.  ' 

Thore  are  only  two  parishes  which  produce  much 
Iruit.I^Iorton  and  Cornwal.lis ;  but  wild  strawberries  and 
raspberries  abound  throughout  tho  Province.  Halifax 
IS  the  strongest  town,  and  across  the  harbour  i«  D-»- 
mouth.  Hahlr.x  is  capable  of  a  stout  defence  but  not 
against  a  formidable  fleet. 

I  now  pnss  to  New-brunswick.  This  Province  is  much 
beliind  Nova-Scotia  m  improvement,  but  is  ereativ  -u- 
penor  to  it  in  the  quality  of  the  laiid  and  the  ease  wUii 


12 

which  it  can  he  obtained.  The  largest  town  in  this  pro- 
vince is  St.  John,  situated  near  the  mouth  of  the  river 
of  the  same  name  and  is  a  place  of  no  great  strength. 
It  contains  about  6000  people,  including  the  military. 
The  light  house  stands  on  Partridge  island,  within  a  mile 
of  the  city,  which  is  separated  from  Digbj  and  Annap- 
olis by  the  Bay  of  Fundy.  The  distance  from  St.  John 
to  Digby  is  40  miles. 

r>m>  hundred  miles  above  the  city  of  .St.  John,  stands 
Fre^ttricton,  called  also  St.  Ann's,  which  is  so  frequently 
mistaken  by  our  Geographers  for  another  town  ;  but  St. 
Ann's  is  only  another  nau)e  for  Fredericton,  which  is 
the  njetropolis  of  the  province.  It  being  the  place  where 
the  Governor  resides  and  where   the  legislature  meet. 

Sixty  milci  above  Fredericton  is  the  garrison  of  Pres- 
quile  and  still  higher  up  is  another  at  the  grand  Falls  of  St. 
John.  Here  the  whole  bulk  of  the  river,  which  is  wide- 
st tliis  place  precipitates  itself  over  the  rocks  66  feet  per- 
pendicular, causing  every  adjacent  rock,  on  which  spec- 
tators niay  stand,  to  tremble  wiib  the  shock  of  so  dread- 
ful a  weight.  In  beholdirtg  these  roaring. cataracts  I  was 
penetrated  .with  the  most  serious  emotions  concerning  the 
great  and  wonderful  Being  who  had  formed  them,  and 
felt  a  sincere  desire  to  prostrate  my 5elf  in  tijc  dust  of  the 
earth  to  acknowledge  my  own  nothingness  before  him 
and  pour  out  the  publican's  prayer  of  God  be  merciful 
tQ  me  a  sinner.  It  likewise  occurred  to  my  mind  what 
an  alarming  scene  would  one  day  present  itself  when  in- 
stead ofa  deluge  of  water,  cataracts  of  liquid  fire  .would 
he  poured  ly  the  same  omnipotent  arm  upon  an  astonish, 
cd  world. 

Frederlclon.though  the  seat  of  ^vcrnmcnt.is  but  a  small 
town,  and  ihe  head  cf  sloop  navigation.  A  steam  boat 
plies  between  St  Tohn  and  Fredericton.  There  is  a  col- 
lege at  Fredericton  and  a  number  of  handsome  public 
buildings;  and  about  five  hundred  regulars  are  generally 
stationed  there. 

7  be  Fcttlement  of  Mcrimacbce,  I'as  bad  a  most  rapid 
incrcaEe.  In  the  year  IG15  there  came  SOCO  pertcns 
into  it  from  the  state  of  Ainssncbi!?eilfi=  But  these  re- 
publican? cniy  c:in.e  to  jcjcum  anu  to  cut  luntin.bcr.  be- 
cause tbose  who  think  prcper  to  hire  for  that  purpose  re- 
ceive thirty (luilars  per  month  in  speeie, besides  being  foun^l 
in  provisions.  The  Bpiv  cf  Chaleur  is  another  thriving 
rctt'emcnt  and  Join?  Merimachce,  and  is  inhabited  by^ 


13 


in  this  pro- 
f  the  river 
t  strength. 
5  military. 
hin  a  mile 
nd  Annap- 
n  St.  John 

ihn,  stands 
frequently 
D ;  but  St. 
,  which  is 
lace  where 
e  meet, 
m  of  Pres- 
Falls  of  St. 
ch  is  wide' 
5  feet  per- 
bich  spec- 

so  dread- 
acts  I  was 
erning  the 
hem,  and 
iust  of  the 
lefore  him 
e  merciful 
nind  what 

when  in- 
5re  would 

astonish- 

ut  a  small 
team  boat 
2  is  a  col- 
le  public 
generally 

0£t  rapid 
0  persons 

•"•*■■—"•       It  *.-  - 

n.ler,  bc- 
irpose  re- 

ing  foun^'. 
r  thriving 
bi.tcd  by 


t^rench  (/'alholics  on  one  siSd  and  Scotch  Seceders  on  the 

other.     . 

The  town  of  St.  Andrews  is  a  handsome  frontier  town 
on  the  river  St.  Croix,  alias  Sehoodak.  I  will  here  take  no- 
tice of  something  a  little  singular.  The  town  is  called 
Si.  Andrews,  the  church  St.  Andrews  and  the  Rev.  Mr. 
AndrewiS  from  Wallingsford  in  Connecticut,  is  of  was 
lately  the  minister.  This  town  is  just  400  miles  from 
Boston  and  three  from  Robbings  town  in  the  district  of 
Maine. 

The  Americans  have   a  town  80  miles  above  Freder- 
icton,  and  ten  from  the  river  St.  John.     It  is  called  Hoi- 
ton  town  and  contains  50  families.     It  lies  in  the  Dis- 
trict oF  Maine,  five  miles  from  the  Province  of  New- 
Bninswick.     All  the  interaiediate  space  between  Holton 
ipwn  and  Penobscot  is  a  dreSry  desert  of  some  hundred 
miles,  through  which  the  citizens  of  Holton  have  to  pa^s 
to  Cas4ine  to  attend  Court,  and  through  the  same  desert 
the  New-England  people  urge  droves  of  oxen  and  sell 
them  to  the  British  settlers,  and  pedlars  from  Massachu- 
setts 'find  their  way  with  forbidden  articles  at  the  risque 
4}f  loosing  all. 

Wild  animals  abound  more  in  the  Province  of  New- 
Brunswick  than  in  Nova-Scotia,  and  fish  and  fowl  and 
oysters  are  in  great  plenty.     The  land  is  excellent  and 
j^very  heavily  timbered.     But  the  frost  sets  in  early  and 
ike  springs  are  very  backward.     1  he  prevailing   sect  in 
this  Province  are   the  New  Lights,  and  they  have  now 
got  several  of  their  members  into  the  legislature  f  but 
there  are  several  congregations  of  Methodists,  and  along 
the  fiver  St   Croix  the  Rev.  Mr.  M'Coll,  a  truly  worthy 
and  excellent  man,  attends  six  congregations  of  Metho- 
1    dists.     'k  here  are  also  great  numbers'of  French  Catholics 
a«d  fifteen  or  sixteen  ministers  of  the  established  church 
in  the  Province.     3  fcere  are  also  about  fifty  families  of 
Friends,  in  this  Province,  and  one  or  two  congregations 
ef  Seceders. 

In  all  the  Provinces  which  I  have  been  hitherto  speak- 
ing of,  there  are  considerable  numbers  of  Indians,  who 
Ikie  by  hunting  and  fishing  and    making  very  handsome 


\^r 


l-kAC  V^^f  O 


.>*1^<,> 


'I     1 


also  make  very  beautiful  canoes  of  birch  bark  and  lined 
w:th  cfdar,  which  will  carry  five  or  six  men  with  safety 
and  yti  do  not  weigh  more  than  three  or  four  hundred 


Jjounds.  Those  Indians  are  all  Roma.  Pmk  ,• 
arefoalloppearance  ir,  lime  of  Se  \  h  t^^^^^^^^  ^"^ 
pie  and  ver;.  hospitable,  i  heyB^%]t  ^^  T  P^°* 
and  ihe  Cafholic  priests  havp  an  Lr  •  ?  ^^"""^  ^«^o"f. 
'i^e  British  Indian^  IheTriH  h  "n^  '  ""^'  ^^^'•^" 
^'enerous  to  them  and  a Zti.Tnt  ^T'''"'^'''  ''  J"^^  and 
^iiis  're.speGt.-.rnd  i  hTe  Inn       '^^^  *°  ^"  ''"'^^^ed  in 

t"her  necessaries  to  be  distiih.,*^  i        ^^"^^^  O'  nour  and 
Sussex  Vale,  one  of  the  most    eaut'^lnl  ^  ^' 

-nee.  and  40  miles  iromTbe^'i^;"  '  t^'j^^;; ' V'\^- 
a  college,  where  they  are  clothed  f.H  J  '  ^"^^  ^^^'^ 
t'^e  expence  of  the  Lt  fut^n      IdlhA  ^^"^«^«^  «t 

»inces  I  must  mako  some  general  remarks.  ^  " 

Wild  fruits  of  .ha.isla„7,h'e  Mafptr'i^mor  m^  't" 

a^bir '  rtAi'if fe^'  i-V-'  v-Tsr 

iJ^e  maintenLice  of  ite^'owrpVoranrl^LT.  i;"''' *'''' 
nu^iiy  ««  ««  «.ad,  for  evor,  ^J.  S^X  S^ 


iiollcs,  and 
inn  less  peo- 
ery  devout, 
•ce  overall 
is  just  and 
imitated  in 
I  Governor 
'  flour  and 
;ra  tis.     At 
n  the  Pro- 
tbey  have 
located  at 
nts  of  the 
fae  neigh - 
^it  them, 
>f  all  the 
and  their 
scarcely 
'  story  oi 

I  enter- 
Jeavour, 
dif^jiut©  - 
iher  the 
inform 
ave  nor 
e  them, 
'  them  ;   (. 
hough t 
ell  ill, 

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15 

what  they  gel  from  the  people,  have  considerable  sala- 
ries from  the  Provincial  treasury,  and  from  England. 
Yep,  he  society  tutors  have  glebe  lands  and  houses,  but 
arc  not  exempted  from  militia  duty,  but  by  courtesy. 

There  is  no  paper  ^mouey   in  the  Provmres,  except 
treasury  bills  which  draw  interest,  (and  a  Bank  has  juat 
been  established,  !813    in  Montreal,)  but  there  is  a  free 
circulation  of  gold  and  silver  ;  nor  do  I  recjllect    to  have 
ever  seen  but  one  instance  of  a  counterfeit  coin  in  Brit- 
ish America,    tha  dread  of  the  gallows  operating    as  a 
sufficient  check  ;  and  larceny  and  burglary  are  almost 
ns  rare,  exceptin  the  sea  ports.     The  Provincial  Treasu- 
ries are  ifilled  bv   duties  en    tavern  licenses,  duties  on 
marriage  ditto,  &c.  &e.     The  established  ctergy  have 
salaries' from  England;  nor  are  they  the  only  clergy  who 
f  xperience  the  munificence  of  the  parent  country.     Some 
iiKlividuais  among  the  Catholic  and  other  clergy  have 
irequenlly  the  same  liberality  bestowed  on  them  when 
they  have  been  approved    of  for  eminent  utility.     The 
Provrncial    women  are  exlrepjely  beautiful,  and  it  may 
be  often  sakl  with  propriety^' ?#M»tt » 

^"*lfefe  ToVe  the  traveller  holds,  loth  to  depart 
'^''   J^ome  charinins:  creature  stays  Ms  wandering  heart, 
v^       Huh  him  forget  from  clime  to  clime  to  rove 
«il      And  frigid  prudence  here  eubmiti  to  love. 

But  althotigh  I  am  willing  to  give  the  Provinces  their 
due,  yet  1  would  be  sorry  to  lead  any  of  my  countrymen 
into  a  mistake,  for  there  can  be  no  just  comparison  be- 
tween the  British  Provinces  and  the  American  Stales 
the  superiority  is  altogether  on  the-side  of  the  States,  and, 
notwithstanding  all  that  can  be  truly  said  in  favour  of  the 
Provinces  and  their  government,  they  compose  a  poor, 
distressc-rt  and  starved  country,  in  comparison  with  the 

United  States. 

The'  prices  of  commodities  are  very  dear  in  the  Pro- 
vincei?.  On  the  Island  of  Prince  Edward  every  article 
is  excessively  bigh.  On  the  Island  of  Cape  Breton  the 
price  of  a  baker's  loaf  would  purchace  three  such  leave  sin 
Provic'cnce,  with  change. — In  time  of  scarcity  1  have 
I  .,.r..vj^.  ™heat  to  be  four  dollars  per  bushel  in  some  parts 
of  Nova-Scotia  and  New-Brunswick,  and  Indian  corn 
thrre  dollars  and  a  half.  Flour  has  been  twenty  dollars 
barrel,  and  bnv  sixty  dollars  per  Ion  in  Halifax.     The 


pc 

^)r ice  for  keeping  a 


bcrse  for  one  night  has  been  a  dollnr 


16 


and  a  hall 


S4™VaVl&''-^-,|-i-»%-..' 


,  ,,  ,-  -  Ijair,  and 

wiJars  i  jbutter  half 


more  in  Halifax 
doJJar, 


for  three 
;  a  gooso  for  tw 


":""•"*  ""i»cr  aa  1  a  do  Jar  f.»„o  r  »-»""-».  lui mo 
given  by  the  officers  oft  eLnf.  a'  ^'"^•'  ^"^  ^  ^^^^> 
quarter  of  a  dollar  ;  and  a!  fo.  ml  r  ^""^P^^'«  <^'^eese  one 

which  Ihey  are  in  Provfdence   1  "''^^""^f^  'J^e  price 
^viJh  respect  to  govermenrLK  '"   ^^^v-York.     And 
endearing  name  ^-aTCrict  >V  ''°">^  '''^'"^'  •'>« 
je.   .ouhj  .alee  a  .ise^Wglr  ^^^  '^'^^  ^^  ^  -^- 

a  short  or  long  residence  ab^LT'^Ji"/  government, 
^7C3  10  the  Wessed  and  hannt  '.  "''"•'^  -^"^'^^  ^P^«  ^^^ 
native  country  and  cZtuT^  ^"perionty  of  his  on-n 

United  States  of Xela":"'  ^""^  '"  ^^^^  "^  <he 
^•rhaps  (he  best/but  Jreatv  2^"^'"'-^  ^"^'^^^  is 
in  (he  Provinces  it  is  u'nnJ^r  ?^  amendment.     Even 

n  16  sometimes  used.    P^'-''^'-^'^'  «»^  '^'l^^  wha(  injustice 

«-^:st:::^;i:^!,i"^^'-^ofthe.eak. 

«o  protect  ibemsehes  from  fnv  •  "'"f  "'"'  ^'^«'^'  '"^^^^'il/ 
trrmen  should  ag  finvade  theT'  -^"^  '^  ?^'^^  '"^  ^°""^ 
ottering  a  u  i.h  !ha  S  the?  nr''"''''  ^  ''""°^  '^^'P 
wiay  exercise  lenitir  nn  ^  "^  ^'^'"'*'  <^onq«erors  they 
J'o^'Pitable  pcfople  fnd  f  r.''^  '^^"^^'^^  '^''^  P«or  and 
because  1  am  nerfec^J t  rt      '"^  ?"'"«  ^"  ^^^'  "^/reason  •  - 

of  the  provTnS''s%  r.';r  ,  "r'  ''  'T  ^"«  ^^^-^^ 

S^^tc:s,  and  had  much  ra^er  be  u  W      r'  '^  '^'  ^"''^^  * 
ti^e  United  States  th-in  unrl/.n         *-'•  '^'^  government  oij, 
J^von  the  grcat!?p^^"J^  Sd  ':7"™^^  "'  ^"^'^^^-^ 
bitterly  repented    he  nar/  Iiw  r     f^""^^^'  ^^^'^  '«"?  «go  ' 

-f-  cou^^i:;  i!;:  a:;^:::!:;'r^"'  against  th^,, 

-i^^tho  portage  '-a^^^uir^vo  ^^s^Tf  J^^^^r 
t't.  Liivrence,  is  nerhim  <!,«  ..      !       f  ^*  *'o''"  and 

'•n.<i-  -orld/unleTs  i  ^:prrfor;:  r  ,,r^'  ''^f^^^^"^ 
^uarn.rorelse  the  pede.t.Kr  hp  ,  ,  /'T  ^'^''  «*' 
on  sno,v  shoes,  mn' choose  hJL '/,i:!/'-:^^'-^.'^."'^«  "'.^'king 
niy  own  lot  to  exn'n.-^  .i,;,"  i"" J'"  "■1  '^':  "inier.     it  was 


at  th 
of  J 


G  most  i 

uuo. 


P'ore  Ihii  long  and   d 


'nproper  season  of  the 


year. 


M- 


It  w 

'•eary  wilderness 
in  the  beginning 


1^ 

The  dbtnnce  from  Wakefield,  the  !nst  place  of  mr 
fCsidence,  to  (inebeck,  is  280  miles.  Thft  first  half  of 
ilie  jourtTcy  or  voyage  is  through  a  desert  with  the  house* 
20  miles  distant  apart.  And  even  for  that  favour  the 
traveller  may  thank  the  sympathy  of  the  late  Sir  George 
Frevost,  who  took  veterans  from  the  army,  and  gave  them 
Ihrms  and  three  ye?i'S  provision?,  to  settle  the  wilderness, 
on  account  of  ihe  great  number  of  travellers  who  had 
perished  in  these  pathless  woods. 

From  Wakefield  you  stem  the  rapids  of  the  river  St, 
John  in  a  cnno3  ;  next  the  more  formidable  rapids  of  the 
river  Madawasca.     Here,  however,  the  heart  is  gladden- 
ed with  the  onlv  settlement,  the  beautiful  French  settle- 
ment of  Madawasca,  with  a   Roman  Chaptl  and  a  few 
s'.ores.   .  l  hese  people  have  to  go  fn  their  birch   canoes 
l-jQ  miles  to  market,  to  Fredericton,  and   work  back  a- 
sainst  the  current.     Here  in  this  beautiful  and  hospitable 
'.'eillement  I  would  have  made  a  final  stop,  had  it  been  in 
my  power  io  procure  ilnirf'^     But  this  is  a  difficulty  so- 
gtcat  with  a  surgeon  in  British  America,  that  a  citizen  of 
the  United  States  can  (brm  no  adequate  idea  of  the  bu- 
?ir.es3.     Madawasca  is  largo  and  without  a  physician  in 
it,  and  not  a  iin.^le  person,  of  any   nation,  but  French, 
vithin  it.     At  this  place  I  thought  it  prudent  to  consult. 
Col.  Du  Perry,  (a  member  of  the  legislature,  &c.)  for  the 
rrie&t    v/33  gone   to  Fredericton,    it  being  barely  sea- 
sonable to  go  with  the  current,  but  not  to  stem  it.     Col. 
Du  I'erry  warned  me  and  my  guide  of  our  extreme  dan- 
get  and  the  impo?sibility  of  ascending  the  Madawasca 
without  another  waterman,     i  took  hi.^.  admonition  and- 
fouud  it  wise. 

From  the  rive-T  Madawasca  you  go  over  the  lake   »  am- 
eo?cotta,  the  navigating  of  which,  with  safety,  depends 
on  a  sepifcis  of  bountiful  Providence  ;  for  should   there  bo 
!hc  least  breeze,  the  billows  of  the  lake  are  more  formi- 
dable than  those  of  the  western  oce.in,  and  the  canoe- 
.lad  its  contents  are  inevitably  swallowed  upi     After  pasa- 
if)?  over  this  tcrriilck  lake,  we  landed  near  the  frontiers^  ^ 
af'Canada,  at  the  house  of  Vlon^ieur  Long,   uni\ersa!ly 
known  in  these  parts..    Here  ttoofc  a  sorrowful  leave  of'  ' 
Mr.  Farley,  my  la Uhful  guide,  who  Ind  hiougul  liie  iaO  ^ 
nviles  in-a  (ianoe,  and  the  ne^t  ma?«ning  at*  tha  cLawn  of-* 
d,>y,  takimr  a  I Hte  leave  of  tnr  hostfssv  with  my  pl^vlsV 
iviLoa.my'bacic,  I  cooamenced  my  pedesUian  journey,  ofc'  r 


18 


I 


60    n>ilc«  through  a  feaiful 


I  ise,  and  reached  the 


(Jesfjt  and  over  i\J(,tii)t  P 


111 
nior.i 


village  of  St  Audi 


ore  beauli/ui     toun  of  JC  ,S^  rr     ,  •r'''  ""^'  "^ 
0-k.v)  on  the  srWn  "  ^"^''   (l'^--^-ed 


ara- 

e  iiir 

J- 


la- 


old   I- 


fance  and  Ihf 


-f^'   liiis  place  it  is 


.     'f!;'^'^''ate  of  this  place   is  from 

nihab.tanls  are   very  hospitable     I'^.r 

•somewhat  more  than  lOo  rn  le    to  O,  ^  •  i 

-'•oad.     There    are    manv   /       ?,T  m?''''  " '"'  ^  ^^'"«"^^ 

Lo.ver   Canadafand^Rrtd'"'"'''"-'^   ^i^ruu.ho.t 

spoken;  but   the  to  vn  of  St     ^  I    "^"'  f  *^*'^'^  »^i^<^'^ 


in  Lower  Canadi 


lWdiseti;VeisaniHar"o/'''  ««f  ^'^*^  M  of  Mount 

Nevv-Brunswickan'd  Lower"LnL""  'r'^''  '''^^'^^- 
ti-avelieis  through  the  dese,^  ha  '  i  "  ^^''^^  P'''^''  »^^^ 
tj:ale  their  names.  Here  I  reaStf  ""^"^^'"^^.^  ''^  Perpe- 
Frevost  and  a  XBrwil^r  T  ^^'"^  "^"'^«  ^^  Si''  CJeor.^o 
and  am  informed  thfstr  fv''  '''''"f"  of  dis,inctic?i' 
London,  attributed  h  hlmZf:  r  'H'  '^'''^'  '^^^'  ''> 
tWgh  the  desert  i"m  Low^CaV^^^^^ 
;vick  10  the  accompJishin.of  wSch  ?  ^^'^-^rum^ 
I<iiowledge  he  suffered  incredihV  .  •  "  "^^   ^•-'^''^'" 

Hith  the  image^oi  Christ  on  !hi       ''^^-^^^'^'Ps-Vcu  meet 

^^et  up  by  the  L^hiva  ^  a^i^^Pn^'  f  ^'/'^"^  ^^  ^''«  1'^^ 
■  Catholic  countries  'i  he  '1  T^'''^  ^"'^  "J^^^-  Homaa 
throughout  the  country  and  I'  T  77  '^'^''"'^^^"^ 
continued  glare  and  glitter  1 '^  /"f  ^  ?^'';^'"  "''^'^-'  ^ 
tbe  beholders.  Ten  thou  and 'iM.°  f"'?-"^"  ^>'^«  ^'* 
aiched ceilings.  1  he  vv.S^^^^^^^^  ^^om  the 

ed  >vax  taper! of  unro^tonTe^^rrre  ^u^oe'nd^T"''?'^^- 
vehicies  ;  and  the  altars  are  covered  wfitf^f''^  ?  ^las. 
ornaments  ;  and  above  ail  J«  o  .  ^t  •  ^"^'^  ^"'^  silver 
Christ  on  be  ci^ss  T  ''^P^^'^^^'c  representation  of 
rich  and  gajdy  and"th Jr  ' ''""'"^'^  "*"  ^'^^  P^^^^^s  a,^ 
..icIerabJe  eCu'ence  ''""°"^  "'"^  ^^'"'^^^^  "'ith  cou- 

cull':  go?d^;Slr  ^^^^  /  '^''^^-^  --^  -^-e  in. 
a  sermot  whir  1  L.  fr  '  'f  "^^  ^"^  *=^»  ^o  mind 
er  Burke,  an  rll  prfe;  and"^'^  '^  "^''^^-^'  '^^  ^''^^h- 
provinces,  from  t^  cllirof  1?"^.'  °^  ^'^  ^^i'^sh 
\he  iich  man  a„d  «he  be.aar^  L  j  '  "'  ^'^"^^rning 
the  pffi.rf  r.f  iut.  J..      "^§Sar ,  but  I  was  aonv  tn  spp  ih.. 

poor  irisicoiir^^s^'^'T^r'"^  ''"p°^'^^°"  "p^  'S; 

r  n^wgaticij,  fyy  ^ybcq  we  came  out  of  the 


19 


^h^m  Fara- 
aml  the  /hr 
^^i^iiceU  Ka- 

ice  and  llin 
piaco   jt  is 
^'  a  fajnoutj 
tliroughout 
eiy  vvhcic 
I'iies   ficm 
Canada, 
0^  Mount 
y  between 
'  pillar  the 

tu  pcrpe- 
^ir  Geor^o 
islinciion, 
li   Ijcd,  in 
'1  journey 
w-Uruns- 
'   cc'itaiu 
^'^tju  meet 
s  tlie  Jifc 
f  Komaij 
Diiniorous 
a  iJi;;lie  a 

cjes  ot 
from  the 
res,liglit- 
I  in  glass 
lid  silver 
atioQ  of 
iests  are 

'itll  CQU- 

here  in- 
to mind 
y  I'ath- 
British 
cernin^ 

"'at 

5on  this 
of  Ikt 


fhapel  tUe^  avenue  n 


as  lined  with  beggars,  on  whom  these 


ilnis.     U] 


1 


stowed 

luund  ihat  the  Irish  Catholics  were  taxed  as  high  to  sup- 
port thu  alms  houhc  as  the  Protettauts,  and  that  all  these 
be;;"aro    did    not,  bclon-  to  tUair    congregation;    but 
thariei^gars  of  all  denominations  made  the  Roman  chapel 
a  rendezvous  for  assking  alms. 

Alter  leaving  the   town  of  St.  'I  homas  you  have  only 
ao  miles  to  reach  Point  Levi,  which  is  opposite  to  Que- 
bec.    Here  the  ferry  is  two  miles  wide.     Large  num- 
bers of  live  cattle  arc  ferried  over  lo  be  slaughtered  ni 
the  city.     They  are  tied  by  the  horns  to  the  sides  of  the 
boat  from  one  end   to  the  other,  and  children  whipping 
them  the  whole   time,   to  make  them  swim,  so   a»  they 
may  work  thtir  passage  and   uotjetard  the  boat,  wbich- 
is  filled  with  passengers.       -  *    * 

''  Quebec  is  not  so  large  as  I  expected,  but  perhaps  con- 
tains 16000  inhabitants,  including  the  military,  i  he 
castle,  of  St.  Lewis,  situated  on  Cape  Diamond,  makes  a- 
handsome  appearance  from  the  water,  and  is  the  winter 
residence  of  the  Governor,  but  in  summer  he  retires  to 
Sorrel,  as  Quebec  is  generally  sickly  at  that  season. 

SU  John's  street,  is  the  handsomest  street,  in  Quebec, 
and  in  this  street  is  a  statue  of  General  Wolfe,  as  large  as 
the  life,  and  in  this  city,  my  countrymen   well  know,  th» 
brave  and  dauntless   General    Montgomery   fell.     Tb6    • 
Metropolitan    church  is  a  fme  building,  and  there  are 
also  several   Protestant  churches,  with  liospitals,  con» 

vents,  &c. 

1  hree  Fiivers  is  another  handsome  town,  and  when  I 
came  through  this  place  there  were  two  men  in  it  who 
could  almost  match  old  Parr  and  Jenkins,  for  longevity. 
They  had  been  in  the  battle  of  Preston  Pans,  and  had 
fought  on  opposite  sides  with  Prince  Charles  the  preten- 
der, and  William  Duke  of  Cumberland  at  CuUoden. 

Montreal  is  nearly  as  large  as  Quebec,  and  here  I  had 
the  pleasure  of  seeing  great  numbers  of  Americans  wha 
received  me  with  great  cordiality,  which  was  the  more 
•rrateful  as  1  was  at  this  time  labouring  under  inveterate 
sickness.     The  French  throughout  Lower  Canada  have 

*  c «  I...*  *Ua<- <.iT>n1nv  Bn  mitr.h  nf  iheir  time,  rlmost 

every  day,  in  their  churches,  and  keep  such  a  number  ot 
holidays,  that  it  is  surprising  how  they  get- any  time  to 
cultivate  their  laads.    '^  here  U  scarcely  any  sucb  thin& 


30 

as  cbeeie  or  huitM  ;«  t^ 

sesse.  no  other  delence',   bu      ar'oTr'"' '^^"^'•^•'•' Po - 
and.  ^'   ''"'  »'3t  ot  bcog  on  an  Isl. 

Berthierisahnndsome   to,vn    fl,^   a   ♦ 

Upper  Can-icJa.  i„  corning  fZMmLr'  T  ^^^^'^  '" 

Sorrel.     'J  be  town  of  ,h^  S./,     ?k''','"^  ^  ""'««  ^on. 

to  where  the  F,vnch   had  a  church  •  fr  ?*  ''^"  *  ^"^'"'^ 

Canada.     Here  the  St    rM.       ^".'  ^*"s  too  is  i,,  [/„„_. 

fetch  Romi  ChoScf   tS';;''''  ,"'"  '"^  ^'S^^'-  a 

cr*  '  ^*  ^^^-^^^  here  he  e  d  ».  j  '^r'  '''  ^'"'^^  '" 
Covmgton  fell.  F^a^Uy  I  re.^Ld  i  ^«  '?''^^  ^'"^'^^^ 
ofPi^scotand  crossed^  to'oXin'  ^^''"'.^'^  g^"'soa 
New-ltork,  rejoiced  to  set  mv^rir^'  ">    ^^e  sf.te  o 

te'Jn  yoare.  "  ^^^"  ^^^ent  m«re  ({,an  ^jj.^. 

l^^^S"''^^^;;:^  1;}  ;je  P.v;„ces  i.  „ot  .^ 

1  bare  described,  are  'r^al  ;„,  '  '  ""  ^^'  '>Iace^ 
of  the  United  StatW  fS  f^^^Jr '^  '*'«  P^^vjjcians 
i^c^:  are  to  be  excepted.  The  vfh  '?'  ^"'^''  '^"^  ^o'ne 
v-s'tor  of  the  Province;  It  nr/.d  ^i  ^''Y  '^  *  '"'■^l^^nt 
Wakefield,  in  Ve^.-Brunst  cTt  t?^^'^  ^  "^-^^  of 
'-always  ..ors6  ,•„  ^old  weVS,  t?  '"^  ^^'^'  ^"^ 
nother  coinmon  disease  theTe  ^^  'lyseniepy  it  a- 

^     '  ne  plant  known  ht^re  hi,  th 

common    in  New-liruns nick  «n  i"^^  °^ '''>^'«'>^ -7.  -V  ., 
not  the  san,e  as  the  w     r/gL^.r^r  ''^°"^'  '^"^  ^  '     ^* 
to  beware  of  this  mistake   ^Tfe  '  P^    ''"*'^"  Ph.vsicians 
n  Pennsylvania.     A   youn.  Wv  h^^'f"'^^ '«  ^"""^'on 
'n  the  state  of  New- York  "^.ii^,^^'/''^  "'^'"^  ^'f  Ccofo 
Since  cured  of  a  .^ncer  bv  drink frJ-'  ''''",  ^'^'^  ""^  ^^^n" 
pouUrclncrw-itbthe  leaves' and  h^'.-  "l"  ^"'^^^'*''>"  «"^ 
omake  it  known  to  the  1  >,fe  %r  ^'''"^"'^^*^^^  "><^ 
»t  grotv^  inConnecticit      i     '        '  ^V  '«^^"«  <»  th-nif 

^»  soon  after  wiib  voun.  ^ato.  r  , ''^^''^'  «"d  Tallin^ 


buds  when  full  of  balsom,  and  put  them  in  a  bottler  of 
diluted  spirits,  and  drink  it  everj  morning  for  bitters. 
The  inner  bark  of  the  root  of  strufnonium  or  stink 
weed  in  the  U.  S.  is  dried  and  used  for  smoking  in  Asth- 
m.T  as  a  palliative,  'i'be  inner  bark  of  the  fir  tree,  ^o 
common  there.)  is  scraped  into  milk  and  siramercd  over 
embei«,for  a  poultice  in  cancers  and  ail  aggravated  sores. 

The  Sarsaparilla  is  common  in  the  Provinces  and  Dulcc 
is  common  on  the  sea  coast,  which  is  a  submarine  v^- 
etable  and  excellent  for  worms.  The  Hypericum  or  St. 
John's  wort  is  used  as  a  spt-cific  on  the  island  of  Cape 
B 'eton  for  Scrophula  or  Kind's  evil.  Vaccine  Innocula- 
lion  has  been  much  practised  in  the  Provinces  by  the  rest  ■• 
of  the  Faculty  as  well  as  by  myself. 

^s  I  hear  of  frequent  instances  of  the  fatality  of  coughs 

an  J  consumptions,  i  will  mention  a  palliative  common  iv 

the  Provinces.  ^ 

Take  the  root  of  Elecampane,  cut  it  in  small  piece* 
and  stew  it  down  with  brown  sugar  and  water  irt*^  syr- 
up, which  let  the  patient  take— In  ihe  U.  S.  weT)oiI  5 
quarts  of  water,  with  one  pound  of  the  roots  df  skunk 
cabbage  down  to  one  quart,  then  stir  in  a  pint  of  honey 
and  one  quart  of  brandy  and  use  three  wine  glasser  a  day 

for  an  adult.  '  , . 

I  will  finish  with  a  caustic  for  cancers.  I  reveal  this 
to  the  public  because  I  wish  to  do  goo  J.  Take  a  pint  of 
the  juice  of  poke  root,  one  pound  of  fresh  butter,  and  halt 
a  pint  of  levigated  or  finely  pulverized  gun  powder,  stir, 
them  all  together,  and  hold  them  in  a  frying  pan  over  the 
fire  until  they  become  brown,  but  not  until  they  explode. 
then  put  it  away  in  gaily  pots  or  jars  with  a  little  spirits 
on  the  top  to  prevent  moulding.  Spread  it  on  a  rag  and 
apply  it  over  the  tumor:  4t  will  ulcerate  and  eradicate  it 
in  a  short  time,  but  let  no  young  person  make  this,  hut 
an  old  careful  person^  for  fear  of  accident  by  the  gun 

^%1f5;»f  ABRAHAM  PRYOn. 

Providence,  June  1,   1319. 


%L 


:.?  l;lii#»*!5|Btt^' 


Jo»,  S.  Cooke  »c<i   i-iii     '  .         *^narJc3  N  Tilil.iH.    - 
mr.  H,  l-lni»».j  inr:  A«a  P: ' 


^r.  G.  Bucklin, 
mr.  H.  Howard, 
•»r:  Georsfc  Earh, 
wr.  Amherst  Everett, 
wr.  AntJioiiv  Shaw 
njr.  Duty  (frccne, 

"T.  John  jihnson;        '  ^^^ 
|nr:  Samuel  West, 

inr.  Iluggif.  BrovvD,      ' 
jjhoma,  Burgess,  esq 
P«<er  Pratt,  ^sq.'     ^ 

^^''•N.  B.  Crocker, 
fflr  John  CJemmons, 
mr:  James  VV:  Perrr, 
mr  Orion  Perry,  ^' 
mr.  Samuel  Car/i/e, 

mr.  Ohver  Kendall,        ' 
»nr  John  Brewer, 

Nathaniel  iic:..}^,  ..  ' 

^r.  Danforth  Ly\ 
mr.  Joseph  Anthon^, 
£?f  C  fcutler,        •'' 
Doct  Wilhani  Bowen, 

messrs.  Hro»yn  jj  fves   ^5?^ 
«r.  Lemuel  Vin^oi,     '  ^  ^ 
mr.  Dame.'  S<j||hv(| 
mr:  iVicholas  SlijJn   - 
!;:•  i«^'lPh„Aiason, 


i'Oj(, 


mr.  Otis  Sweet, 
mr.  Henrj  Mej 


"-IWli 

mr:  A«a  Piercp, 
'o^r.  Che*(or  Pratt, 
mr:  Timothy  Qla^^ 

mrlho^a*  Washburn, 

.•nr:  R:  Biinn,      '' 
mr:  Jam«a  /irown, 
"r:  Otis  Carpenter, 
mr:  J:  Senmanfl,     ' 
mr:  Gardner  Vaughan. 
mr:  Samuel  Oldrid/re, 
mr:  William  VV, .  A;,.    . 

mr:  Wilham><athonj,'  *'' 

WalSrTtf  ^r*"^  ^*'^«", 
»>- alter  K:  Uan/brth,e»a 

Joseph  L.  Tillfnpha"  ,  e?Q 
Dexter  Randall,  esq: '     ^' 
mr:  rhomas  F:  Carpenter 
mr:  Joseph  L:  Shaw;       ^ 
mr:  Peleg  Williams. 

",'=   Jil''*''mL:rield. 
mr:  W,]i,a,n  Jenijjn 

mr:  W:  Aidrich,        ' 

mr:G:ft:A:Olney, 
mr:  Oloey  Djer 
mr:  Jo.fpl,  Ashfe V 

Dr;  John  H:  Mason, 
mr:  iV:  iVor.hup,  ' 
mr:  II,  Beverly, 

mr:Ga*kil|  tiu/rum, 
mr:  G:  G:  Gladding' 

'nr:  iJ^  Hiilhp*,       ' 


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nereus  and 
denct. 


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inr:  Wiiliaui  Pabodic. 
inr;  William  H:  Sbackterord, 
u\f  Suinm-I  '!jorlon  AroulJ, 
inr;  .'tmathttn  French, 
iiieosT^:  Snow  -t  Wardwrll, 
uir:  George  Arnold, 

lar:  Thomas  L:  Crnpon, 

ttir:  Jainei  &ROW,  juQ. 

Hcv:  James  Wilson, 

mr;  John  L:  Bnow, 

mr:  Ebcnezer  S:  Day, 

>iir:  Thomns  Clark, 

lur:  I'hilip  Potter, 

uir:  Theodore  Tajlo  , 

liir.  Jarod  Ci/rii*, 

'nr:  Dan;  G'^'ilil. 

inr:  Enoch  otcj.e, 

nir:  Charles  Potler, 

nir:  Stephen  S:  Ward  well, 

mr:  John  A:  Darling; 

mr:  Charles  Dyer, 

rar:  Joseph  Anthony, 

mr:  Cyrus  Barker, 

mr:  6eth.Butts,  jun. 

mr:  Henry  Bailey, 

mr:  Henry  P:  Franklu, 

mr:  Russell  Greene, 

mr:  Benjamin  ilibbard, 

mr:  ticonard  Waldrun, 

mr:  John  Tyler, 

mr:  John  F:  Hall, 
tnr:  Henry  Bricklcy, 
mr:  D:  C:  Chapin, 
mr:  Stephen  C:  Smith, 
mr:  Jacob  B:  Thurber, 
mr:  Samuel  Rawson, 
mr:  Nicholas  Peters, 
mr:  Joseph  Fuller, 
mr:  Avery  Allen, 
mr:  D:  Kobertjon, 
mr*  Pardon  CV:\rke, 
n\i\  Christy  roVf^r, 
>       Amasa  Aiauton, 
mr:  Mosea  Healy, 
mr.  George  Hail, 
)nr:  Daniel  Cobb, 
mr:  Samuel  R.  Rice, 
mr.  Ulysses  Holden, 
maj:  N:  S:  Draper, 
mr.  James  iJurnU, 
mr:  Welcome  Corg'Jon, 
<ur.  Thotfias  R.  Holden^ 


mr:  N  than  Watcrm-n, 
mr:  John  iNrv/man, 
mr:  John  W:  Oldham, 
mr:  Richard  Salisbury, 
mr:  Randall  H.  Green, 
mr:  Richard  C.  Martin, 
mr:  Thomas  Fenner,  jun  . 
Doct.  John  W.  Richmond, 
mr:  George  Hill, 
mr:  ^nas  Proud, 
nesws.  I:  &  J:  Amshury, 
.  .r;  George  W-  Packard, 
tnessrs:  Amos  Arnold  ii  co. 
mr:  Thomas  Munyan, 
Doct:  Stephen  Randal, 
Doct:  Thomas  M:  Barrows, 
mr:  Benjnroin  Westcott, 
mr:  John  H:  Whippie, 
mr:  John  Smith, 
mr.  Geo:  W:  Bo  wen, 
mr:  Jeremiah  Whipple, 
mr:  William  Hoskins, 
mr:  Abraham  Bennett, 
mr:  Christopher  S  Lyon, 
mr:  Stillman  Blake, 
mr:  John  Henderson, 
mr:  N:  D:  Ruggles, 
mr:  John  Curtis, 
mr:  E»han  Whitney, 
mr:  William  Young, 
mr:  John  F.  Dean, 
mr:  George  W:  Partridge, 
.  mr.  George  S:  Tompkins, 
mr.  Samuel  Huse, 
mr:  Charles  Scott, 
mr:  James  D.  Knowlcs, 

mr:  Joseph  G;  Metcalf, 

mr:  Saytes  Wilbur, 

mr:  Ezra  Jencks, 

mr:  Thomas  Smith, 

^r:  Joshua  Bacon, 

mr:  George  Smith, 

mr:  Stephen  Martin, 

mr:  Warren  Batcheller, 

mr:  Benjamin  Holbrook, 

mr:  Thomas  Lenard, 

mr:  Job  Anthony, 

mr:  Stanton  Thurber, 

mr:  Martin  Stvmer. 

mr:  Wilkes  Sharpe,' 

mr.  Jalxjz  Clarke, 

messrs:  a .  &  S.  Tingley, 


Ga bntl  A)len,  e,q: 
J^illiarn  H:  Varfin, 

iJanmJfti:  Lawrence, 
mr:  James  ArpokJ, 
mr:  Daniel  Thodes, 
ftir:  Thomas  iJarknesf, 
wr:  *  rancis  Stow 
mr:  fsaac  VVealhe'rI;ee, 
mr:  George  C:  Brown, 
nir:  femeoD  B rearer 
oir:  John  C:  Updilie 
mr:  VViJiiam  liarstow 
uir:  James  Phillips,    ' 
mr:  Thomas  Snow,  2J 
mr:  ifarding  W:  StodJnrd, 

mr:  Charles  Ailpn 
mr:  Beiyamifl  Cady, 
:nr:  David  Cole,       * 
Bir:  Caleb  MoiM, 
mr;  WiL'ifim  Wjlhur 

Kev:  Reuben  Pouer.jun 
wr:  Joseph  P:L„(he/' 
mr.  John  Hartshorn 
tt»r:  Thomas  F;  Fol/^rlon 
nir:  John  J}urroufth«.         ' 


.24. 

wr:  Joseph  Hodge., 
m^^  «en,an,in  Hortoo, 
mr:  Joseph  Sheldon, 
jnr:  Ambrose  Simmons, 
»r;  Robert  Woodward, 
mr:  Levi  JJaJe,  * 

""•■  /o^'^ph  Bogman, 
mr:  Levi  Mete  alf,    * 
mr:  John  Burr, 
mr:  Uolliman  Potter, 
John  Barton,  e^q- 
mr:  Jainfs  Calder, 
mr:  Jlusjcll  Proctor; 
"■"•:  John  Angeil 
mr:Ezckiel  Hjih-r, 
mr:  Lf)enczer  Foster 
mr:  John  Brown,"      ' 
mr:  VV.lliam  P:  oinev 
mr;  Jonas  Child,       '  ' 
mr:  Jcrtmiab  Carrol, 
mr:  Josiah  Witter, 
I^oct  Harvej  Robinson, 
mr:  Cromwell  Barney 
Doct:  Pardon  Bowe// 
mr.  George  Jf.  Bradfo 
Otis  Chace,  esq: 
mr.  William  A.  Smilli; 


fc'ySlPm  /dML^eser, 


